Helpfulness is the first impulse of a regenerated heart. As George MacDonald says, "When God comes to a man, man looks around for his neighbor." Charles Kingsley said, "We begin to be like God, only when we begin to be helpful." Holy Scripture also is full of exhortations to the same duty. We are to bear one another's burdens. The love that is commanded, is a love that gives and serves and shares. There is no question, therefore, as to the duty of helping others.
[J. R. Miller]